native metal
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The native metal and the sulphide are believed to be formed mainly as primary minerals of igneous origin.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith
The native metal crystallizes in the cubic system, the octahedron being the commonest form, but other and complex combinations have been observed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of a man is tested.
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett
Ores and Minerals.—The principal source of bismuth is the native metal, which is occasionally met with as a mineral, usually in reticulated and arborescent shapes or as foliated and granular masses with a crystalline fracture.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
They can, indeed, observe the steel pen emerge from its native metal, see it pressed and stamped, and again pressed and stamped, slitted, annealed, coloured, and finally boxed and packed.
From A Tale of One City: the New Birmingham Papers Reprinted from the "Midland Counties Herald" by Thomas Anderton
